Sigara is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae. Some species within this genus are halophiles; for example, occurrences of the genus have been noted in the hypersaline Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.
Species
These 100 species belong to the genus Sigara:
- Sigara alluaudi <small>(Kirkaldy, 1899)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara alternata <small>(Say, 1825)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Sigara arguta
- Sigara assimilis <small>(Fieber, 1848)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara atomaria <small>Illiger, 1807</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara basalis <small>(A.Costa, 1843)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara bellula <small>(Horváth, 1879)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara berneri <small>Hungerford and Hussey, 1957</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara bicoloripennis <small>(Walley, 1936)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara bradleyi <small>(Abbott, 1913)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara compressoidea <small>(Hungerford, 1928)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara conocephala <small>(Hungerford, 1926)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Sigara cubiensis <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara daghestanica <small>Jansson, 1983</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara decorata <small>(Abbott, 1916)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara decoratella <small>(Hungerford, 1926)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara defecta <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara denseconscripta<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara depressa <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara distincta
- Sigara distorta <small>(Distant, 1911)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara dolabra <small>Hungerford and Sailer, 1943</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara dorsalis
- Sigara douglasensis <small>(Hungerford, 1926)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara falleni <small>(Fieber, 1848)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara fallenoidea <small>(Hungerford, 1926)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara formosana <small>(Matsumura, 1915)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara fossarum <small>(Leach, 1817)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara gordita <small>(Abbott, 1913)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara grossolineata <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara hellensii <small>(C.R.Sahlberg, 1819)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara hoggarica <small>Poisson, 1929</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara hubbelli <small>(Hungerford, 1928)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara hydratotrephes <small>(Kirkaldy, 1908)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara iactans <small>Jansson, 1983</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara italica <small>Jaczewski, 1933</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara janssoni <small>Lucas Castro, 1983</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara johnstoni <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara knighti <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara krafti <small>Stonedahl, 1984</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara lateralis <small>(Leach, 1817)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara lemana <small>Fieber, 1860</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara limitata <small>(Fieber, 1848)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara lineata <small>(Forster, 1771)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Sigara longipalis <small>(J.Sahlberg, 1878)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara mackinacensis <small>(Hungerford, 1928)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Sigara macrocepsoidea <small>Hungerford, 1942</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara macropala <small>(Hungerford, 1926)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara mathesoni <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara mayri <small>(Fieber, 1860)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara mckinstryi <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara meridionalis <small>(Wallengren, 1875)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara minuta <small>Fabricius, 1794</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara mississippiensis <small>Hungerford, 1942</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara modesta <small>(Abbott, 1916)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara mullettensis <small>(Hungerford, 1928)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Sigara nevadensis <small>(Walley, 1936)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara nigrolineata
- Sigara nigroventralis <small>(Matsumura, 1905)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara omani <small>(Hungerford, 1930)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Sigara ornata <small>(Abbott, 1916)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Sigara paludata <small>Hungerford, 1942</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara pectenata <small>(Abbott, 1913)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara penniensis <small>(Hungerford, 1928)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara platensis<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara quebecensis <small>(Walley, 1930)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara rubyae<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara saileri <small>Wilson, 1953</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara salgadoi <small>Lucas Castro, 1983</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara santiagiensis <small>(Hungerford, 1928)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara scabra <small>(Abbott, 1913)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara schadei <small>Hungerford, 1928</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara scholtzi <small>Fieber, 1860</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara scholtzii <small>Scholtz, 1847</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara scotti <small>(Douglas & Scott, 1868)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara scripta <small>(Rambur, 1840)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara selecta <small>(Fieber, 1848)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara semistriata <small>(Fieber, 1848)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara septemlineata <small>(Paiva, 1918)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara servadeii <small>Tamanini, 1965</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara sigmoidea <small>(Abbott, 1913)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara signata <small>(Fieber, 1851)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara solensis <small>(Hungerford, 1926)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara stagnalis <small>(Leach, 1817)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara stigmatica <small>(Fieber, 1851)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara striata <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara tadeuszi <small>Lundblad, 1933</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara takahashii <small>Hungerford, 1940</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara transfigurata <small>(Walley, 1930)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara trilineata <small>(Provancher, 1872)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Sigara truncatipala <small>(Hale, 1922)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara tucma<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara vallis <small>Lauck, 1966</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara vandykei <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara variabilis <small>(Hungerford, 1926)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Sigara venusta <small>(Douglas & Scott, 1869)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara virginiensis <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Sigara washingtonensis <small>Hungerford, 1948</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Sigara yala<span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Sigara zimmermanni <small>(Fieber, 1851)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>
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